My Riffs

To get better you need to lose some part of yourself. You have to get tired of a certain part of yourself and leave it behind. Often we don't truly want to leave behind those parts. They have become comfortable and accepted. When we truly are tired of those parts we can move ahead. We have to be willing to truly make a change though. In a way, we have to let part of us die to make way for something new to be born.

You’ll eventually be stress tested. The time and place you often don’t know.  But it’s gonna happen. And you’ll find out what you’re made of.  Form your inner character. That’s what will hold during your stress test. 

It takes a mature and self controlled person to not project one’s feelings and emotions on others.  It’s a sign of true maturity when your inner battle or turmoil isn’t weaponized against other people. Especially those close to you.  That doesn’t mean it’s wise to hold things in though. It’s wise to communicate your feelings and needs.  It’s wise to communicate and it’s mature to not take your emotions out on others.  

How do you make others feel? That says a lot about yourself.  You’re having an effect on other people whether you want to or not. 

If you need a reset, get outside.  It’s a good way to refocus. It’s a good way to clear you head.  So go outside and reset. 

Don’t stress over the things out of your control.  If you can’t control them, let them go.  Take firm grip of the things you can control though. Own those things and be a good stewart of them.